This is a transcription for four guitar of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto in D major from the Sonata for Lute, Strings, and Continuo RV93.

This is a transcription for four guitars of Johannes Pachelbel's Canon in D major, originally written for three violins and basso continuo. This edition is designed for concert performance as well as for classroom instruction. The score is presented with amply notated guitar fingerings for each of the four parts. Also included are separate parts for each of the guitars. Pachelbel's Canon utilizes the form of a three part canon and an accompanying ground bass. The term "canon" referis to a contrapuntal device in which several voices play the same melodic line, entering one by one in sequence....

This is a transcription for three guitars of Georg Friedrich Handel's Water Music, Suite # 2 in D major, originally written for winds, horns and strings. The Water Music is one of Handel's most celebrated compositions. It premiered on July 17, 1717 and was composed at the request of King George I. The concert is said to have been performed by fifty musicians playing on a barge on the River Themes. The King and his party listened from the royal barge and the entire group traveled on the Themes from London to Chelsea or Lambeth. Some accounts record that the King so enjoyed the music he asked...

World-renowned Brazilian classical guitar virtuoso Carlos Barbosa-Lima has written: "Jeffrey Goodman's excellent book, "A Beginner's Guide to the Classical Guitar," is very well conceived, covering all the multiple aspects of guitar technique. Exercises are built in a progressive way, having a wide variety of musical styles through various centuries. It includes pieces by guitarist/composers such as Fernando Sor and Dionisio Aquado as well as transcriptions by J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel and Rameau. The book also contains an appropriate introduction to flamenco technique that can be applied to...

Composer's Note: This is a collection of original compositions for guitar that I composed over a time span of many years. The music embodies a wide variety of compositional styles - from romantic Spanish, to impressionistic, to Japanese traditional, as well as a group of atonal/12 tone works. A common element that they all share is an exploration of the virtually endless palette of color and timbre of the guitar. The pieces included in this collection are: 1. Sakura, Introduction, Theme and Variations on the Japanese folk song. This is a virtuoso concert piece that weaves a dreamlike tapestry...

Ernst Krenek was one of the greatest composers of the 20th Century. In 1980, after reviewing Jeffrey Goodman's transcription of his Suite for Flute and Piano (1956), he wrote, "I like your arrangement of my Flute Suite for two guitars very much. It is very carefully done and looks very practical and inviting...." This is the first publication of Jeffrey Goodman's arrangement for flute and two guitars of Ernst Krenek's Suite Opus 147. It has the unique quality of having received Ernst Krenek's careful review and unqualified endorsement for publication. The music itself is a masterpiece of...

This collection of authentic flamenco features music created and played by anonymous gypsies in Spain and dates back to the 1950s. The book is divided into two main sections, each with the same 15 pieces. The repertoire includes: Malaguena Soleares Jota Tientos Gypsy Rumba Flamenco Rumba Fandango Zapateado Farucca Granadinas Media Granadinas Tango Soleares Tarantas Albacinatas The first section is entirely in music notation format and is fully notated as to fingering, strumming and special techniques. Section two is identical to section one, with each piece engraved using both tablature and...

Mauro Giuliani, who was born in Italy in 1781, moved to Vienna in about 1806, where he quickly became known as a leading virtuoso guitarist. Friends with such luminaries as Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Schubert, he established himself as a respected and admired composer as well. His Sonata in C Major, Opus 15, was first published in 1808. It is his only work in classical sonata form and has long been considered to be one of his finest masterpieces. This arrangement for two guitars is an excellent piece for concert programs. It is engraved in a format that guitar teachers may wish to use to...

J. S. Bach's Fugue in A minor exists in three versions. The version for lute, BWV 1000, is in French lute tablature by Johann Christian Weyrauch. The violin version (in the key G minor) is from Sonata I, BWV 1001, and is in Bach's own handwriting. The organ version, BWV 539, is an unauthenticated and anonymous arrangement in D minor, and has not been used as source material for this transcription. This transcription is primarily based on the version for lute, but a few elements from the violin version are also incorporated. Since the lute version bears traces of some accommodation for...